Koreans of The South Ussury in 1879

Sergey V Tkachev,Natalia N Tkacheva,Sergey V Ryazantsev

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s4p121

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Abstract

This article presents a demographic analysis of the Korean population in the region during its initial development, family composition, and marital relations between Koreans and Chinese. The study statistically confirmed the consequences of a number of historical events in the region, as well as a local manifestation of the effect of 'Missing Women of Asia' among the Korean population in the period under study. It is possible to say that such a powerful historical source as the research work of Vislenev on the “foreign” population of the South-Ussuri region was for the first time subjected to a comprehensive study. We hope it will be widely introduced into the scientific research. The results obtained, in our opinion, can significantly expand our understanding of the first settlers in the territory of the Russian Far East, but also of technologies for adaptation of migrants in the new location as a whole. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s4p121

Highlights

Aigun (1858) and Beijing (1860) Russian-Chinese agreements allowed to Russian Empire acquiring of large areas of the Eastern Manchuria, known as the South-Ussuri region
In total in 1879 the South-Ussuri region had a population of 6378 Koreans Potuyzes (Korean) (3445 men and 2933 women)
It is clear that the Koreans resettled in families

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Aigun (1858) and Beijing (1860) Russian-Chinese agreements allowed to Russian Empire acquiring of large areas of the Eastern Manchuria, known as the South-Ussuri region. The acquired territories’ pressing administration issues required adequate data on their population. The first question that raised was - how many people live here, and what they do. In studying the historiography of this issue it can be seen that the data in a sufficiently general form has been provided by N.Przhevalskiy, Kafarov Palladium) M.Venyukov, Alyabiev, G.Budischev, L.Shrenk and others. One of the deepest studies of the region called "Koreans and foreigners of the South Ussuri region" has been conducted by a senior officer on special assignments at the administration of the Eastern Siberia, a Court Counselor Vislenev in 1878-1879 (Inorodcheskoe naselenie Priamurskogo kraya, 1884)

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